A portrait of Nelson hung at the wall over my bed in youthtime, after I had the chance, to get on bord as a pupil... Hornblower books 50 times at least, building Victory and Bounty as huge scale RC-models (Mizzen Mast 1,80 m:, 70 kg weight to put inside :) Years later I was honoured, to become godfather of a half british girl... Guess, what she was taught... from my view , her parents made the best possible choice among Germans here, and I felt her grandparents in heaven smiling, filled up with pride, love and joy. She became a sailor... Love To GB :)

I love this ship, and have done since I was a child (I'm 66 now). My first visit was with my Dad around 1970, and then again with him many years later (early 2000s) and a few years ago with my wife. I've told my wife when I die I want her to take a small pile of my ashes and carefully hide them somewhere aboard.

I find this stuff fascinating to watch. The USS Constitution is also under repairs right now. They're of a similar, but not quite the same era. Obviously Victory was a far grander ship, but both seem to have been taken on by their respective navies as a symbol of maritime power and selected to preserve the history of maritime power. Historians understand, but often the average person does not understand just how critically important control of the seas was to bringing forth the modern era by protecting trade and in Britain's case, using that same Navy to impose British will and stop the slave trade (never be ashamed of your history of the legacy of the British empire. The world is a better place for your efforts, btw). I know Victory is more famous for its action against the French, but it's part of a larger legacy that deserves to be recognized and preserved. Just on a side note, it should be interesting to see how the latest test of naval dominance coming from Yemen holds up. Will it crumble eventually like the Barbary pirates of the 19th century or will it mark a transition of American naval dominance to a more multilateral situation?

I feel that this video might benefit from a bit of historical context.

Selling little bags of "Victory Compost" would raise some money.

This is wonderful to see. Given the abhorrence of modern societies' obsession with cancel culture and demolishing as many "British," things they can, the preservation of icons of Great Britain's history has never been so important, and HMS Victory is definitely iconic. 🙌 👌🇬🇧🇬🇧

Fantastic. Love to see this happening. History like this must be preserved. Future generations will be able to visit this beautiful warship and learn about her.

Early in the last century my father was taken to see Victory, at the time extensive restoration work was being done, and blocks of oak that had been removed during the repair were being sold as momentoes. My father was brought one and cherished it, until he left home to serve in the second world war. Unfortunately when he returned home after the war his family had moved from Epsom where they had been, and the wood was lost. He never forgot and would mention it whenever the Victory was spoken of.

Fantastic work

A pink Victory, bravo Lincoln University, Bravo - Slow handclap.

Loving the updates with the Great repair of Victory, been checking on the progress by visiting over the last 3 years. Keep up the awesome work and hopefully I’ll get to see Victory in her Trafalgar state with all the Masts and rigging back to show me son when he’s a bit older 😃👍🏻

Great, thank you!!! //Lars

wonderful

I imagine in time the Victory will be like Triggers brush... from... Only fools and horse's TV show.

Really exciting to work on this I'd think. It's pretty cool to deal with a Messum skiff so, as one who was obsessed with Viscount Admiral Lord Nelson as a kid, well, wow.. I bet you see q a few woodlice, they like thier oak. I was digging out the stem/breasthook of the aforementioned 19th century boat and was pondering for a mo when out came 7 or 8 of the tiny trilobites looking for all the world like they had suitcases. I almost apologised to them.

I use run past the Victory whilst training through the dockyard back in the early 80s. The RN museum was small and there was no black fencing around the ship. Also the Mary Rose was in no 2 dock next to her. Still open to the elements but with spray water system keeping the Mary Rose timbers from drying out. Always wanted to get drafted(posted) to Victory whilst in the Mob(RN), but never got the chance sadly. Hearts of Oak⚓👍

fascinating!

When did bulkheads or hull change to walls?

Question - How much of the current HMS Victory took part in Trafalgar? Is she endanger of one day becoming "Triggers Broom"..??

Wow that's what you call rotten timbers, it looks like she wasn't corked when they replaced the timber of the hull back in the 1990s 🤔. It's a good job that the UK doesn't have problems with Toledo worm's as they wouldn't have left anything behind other than mush and giant worm hole's in the timbers. Scary 😮.